All possible questions for EMT Midterm WITH COMPLETELY VERRIFIED ANSWERS 2024 EXAM
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WITH COMPLETELY VERRIFIED ANSWERS 2024 EXAM All possible questions for EMT Midterm
WITH COMPLETELY VERRIFIED ANSWERS 2024 EXAM
All possible questions for EMT Midterm...
All possible questions for EMT Midterm
WITH COMPLETELY VERRIFIED
ANSWERS 2024 EXAM
,You are interviewing for the position of EMTwith a busy urban service. This morning you
are to meet with the service medical director. Youi have been told that he likes when
applicants ask questions about his role as the medical director. Related to his
responsibilities as medical director, which one of the following questions is most
appropriate? - CORRECT ANSWERS-b. How often are the emergency care protocols
updated?
Which one fo the following would be an EMS public health initiative? - CORRECT
ANSWERS-a. Educating the public on the benefits of wearing seatbelts.
Which one of the following would be an EMS public health initiative? - CORRECT
ANSWERS-a. Establishing the location of the caller.
Once a scene is free of safety hazards, the EMT must recognize and focus on the
needs of the.. - CORRECT ANSWERS-d. patient
Which one of the following statements made by and EMT requires immediate
intervention by a superior or the service supervisor? - CORRECT ANSWERS-d. "I drive
as fast as I can to get to the scene of an ermergency, especially if a child is sick or
injured."
Before contacting medical direction for authorization to assist a shortness of breath
patient with his or her metered-dose inhaler, protocols state that the EMT must first
attempt to provide relief by administering oxygen. You recognize that the administration
of oxygen is best described as a(n): - CORRECT ANSWERS-b. standing order.
,Most authorities agree that the modern-day EMS system evolved after the release of
what document? - CORRECT ANSWERS-d. The White Paper "Accidental Death and
Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society"
If a patient with chest pain takes a daily aspirin, your service's medical diector wants the
EMT to contact an emergeny department physician first before administering additional
aspirin. The act of contacting the emergency department physician for permission to
administer additionaly aspirin is an example of: - CORRECT ANSWERS-d. on-line
medial direction.
An EMT with your service states that he aims to become a paramedic because he
wants to provide advanced care. Under the National EMS Scope of Practice Model,
which one of the following will he be able to provide as a paramedic that he cannot
provide as an EMT? - CORRECT ANSWERS-b. Advanced patient assessment.
You have been dispatched for a 61-year-old female in cardiac arrest. Emergency
Medical Responders (EMS) are on scene. In your community all EMS practitioners are
treained according to the National EMS Scope of Practice Model. Which one of the
following do you expect the EMRs to provide? - CORRECT ANSWERS-a. Automated
external defibrillation
An Emergeny Medical Responder (EMR) comes to you and states that he would like to
work for your emergency ambulance service. Knowiing the National EMS Scope of
Practice Model, you inform him of which one of the following? - CORRECT ANSWERS-
a. He will first have to become an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT).
A female jogger has collapsed on the trail of a public park. A crowd of curious onlookers
has collected as the EMT provides a primary assessment to determine if the patient is
suffering from any life-threatening conditions. After determining that there are no life
threats and that the patient is stable, the EMT is acting as a patient advocate when he: -
CORRECT ANSWERS-c. asks curious onlookers to leave the scene.
, Which one of the following best illustrates the primary purpose of the modern-day EMS
system. - CORRECT ANSWERS-a. Decrease the incidence of death and/or disability
related to injury and illness.
As an EMT, which one of the following must you have to provide routine and emergency
medical care? - CORRECT ANSWERS-d. Service medical director.
To be a medical director of an ambulance service, which one of the following
requirements must the individual satisfy? - CORRECT ANSWERS-b. Liscensed
physician.
A patient who is hypoxic has a pulmonary disease that involves low lung compliance. As
such, you realize: - CORRECT ANSWERS-a. ventilation with a bag-valve mask will
require more effort.
Failure of the sodium potassium pump can result in: - CORRECT ANSWERS-d. cellular
damage, swelling, and rupture.
When the cells undergo normal metabolism, which one of the following occurs? -
CORRECT ANSWERS-a. Heat, carbon dioxide, and water are produced.
For cells to undergo the process of aerobic metabolism, the cells require: - CORRECT
ANSWERS-b. oxygen and glucose.
The cells of a patient with a tremendous amount of fluid in her lungs are in anerobic
metabolism. She has a decreased level of consciousness with a patent airway and
inadequate respirations. Her pulse is rapid and weak. Which one of the following
prehospital treatments would best address this situation? - CORRECT ANSWERS-c.
Positive pressure ventilation with supplemental oxygen.
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